Gravitational Waves from Multiple Cosmic Superstrings and the Overshoot Problem

arXiv:2607.26124 · hep-th, astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-07-28 · Read on arXiv

Luca Brunelli, Michele Cicoli, Muhammad Hassan, Seyed Ehsan Qoreishi, Francisco Gil Pedro

hep-th, astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph

Submitted: 2026-07-28

Comments: 16 pages+ 1 Appendix, 17 Figures

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 16× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Reheating — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Topological Defects — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• General Analysis of LARGE Volume Scenarios with String Loop Moduli Stabilisation
• High-frequency Gravitational Waves from Superstring Phases in the Early Universe
• Growth of Cosmic Strings with Field-Dependent Tension
• Evolution of Generic Varying-Tension Cosmic Strings in Expanding Spacetimes
• The gravitational wave landscape of cosmic string networks with varying tension
• Inflection Point Inflation and Time Dependent Potentials in String Theory
• Volume Modulus Inflation and the Gravitino Mass Problem
• Non-thermal Dark Matter and the Moduli Problem in String Frameworks
• Catch-Me-If-You-Can: The Overshoot Problem and the Weak/Inflation Hierarchy
• Explicit de Sitter Flux Vacua for Global String Models with Chiral Matter
• De Sitter from T-branes
• A New Class of de Sitter Vacua in Type IIB Large Volume Compactifications
• Effective potentials, warping, and implications for F-term uplifting

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